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Hawaiʻi Nature Center offers a five-day nature exploration experience for Maui’s keiki, ages 6 to 11 in ʻĪao Valley.  Fall Nature Adventure Camp is now open for enrollment and will run from October 3 to 7, 2022.

Visitor arrivals on Maui have recovered to near pre-pandemic levels, with July 2022 arrivals coming in at -1% from 2019.

Councilmember Kelly Takaya King announced today that a revised version of the bill to protect native Hawaiian seabirds from outdoor lighting will be reviewed Wednesday at 9 a.m. in the Climate Action, Resilience and Environment Committee.

The new commemorative quarter design honoring Edith Kanakaʻole is one of five released today by the US Mint honoring prominent women in American history as part of the Mint’s American Women Quarters Program.

Maui’s Lily Meola returns to the stage for the live show portion of America’s Got Talent. She’ll be in the fourth of five live shows, with the series returning on Tuesday, Aug. 30 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.

Maui County Mayor Michael Victorino transmitted two resolutions to the Maui County Council on Friday to accept the dedication of 45 acres of land from A&B Properties for parks and open sapce.

Speed is suspected as a factor in a single-vehicle crash on Waikō Road that claimed the life of a 33-year-old Waiehu man on Maui Friday.

Sixty attendees, including Marriott executives, hoteliers and customers, helped with restoration efforts at Kō‘ie‘ie Fishpond in South Maui.

As of Aug. 24, 2022, the MPD Records Division had distributed 187 Concealed Carry Weapon license applications in 2022.  Department spokesperson Alana Pico said 13 of those 187 have been submitted to MPD for processing.  A single application was approved.  

After a day of deliberations, a guilty verdict has been reached in the second degree murder trial of Bernard Brown. The verdict was reached at 2:01 p.m. and was unanimous.

The County of Maui Division of Motor Vehicles & Licensing will offer driver’s licensing and other services this coming Saturday, Aug. 27, at the Maui County Service Center in Kahului.

Mau Ah Hee won the open men and his 30-39 age group, while Tasha Jahrmarkt claimed her second straight open women’s title.

Chef Sha’anan Fader and his wife Ashley Stewart have opened their first storefront deli for Niu Life Kitchen, presenting their farm to kitchen operation and featuring plant-based foods, including deli lunches and dairy-free, low glycemic desserts, dips, and drinks.

The “Festivals Of Aloha” celebration is returning with events from September through October in Maui County and more than two dozen events on the islands of Maui, Lānaʻi and Molokaʻi.

Defense attorney Randall Hironaka called the prosecution’s case a “witch-hunt.” Meantime, Deputy Prosecutor Jerry W. Hupp argued that “odd” activity, statements, “mistakes,” and “diversions” by Brown, point towards guilt.

Underwater photographer and former National Geographic assignment photographer David Fleetham, says that for him, great white sharks spark fascination and sent him on a journey around the world to photograph them and dispel the fear that comes with sharks. 

Emergency crews are on the scene of a traffic accident in the “Pali” area of the Honoapiʻilani Highway. The incident was reported at around 9:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022.

For a list of upcoming events, concerts, shows and entertainment from Aug. 18-24, find our comprehensive listing here.

A bill to create a pilot project so houseless residents may use their vehicles as overnight habitation in county parking lots was passed Tuesday, but some are voicing concerns over which properties may become a “safe sleeping zone.”

The Hawaiʻi State Senate voted today to confirm Annalisa M. Bernard Lee to a position in the District Court of the Second Circuit, which encompasses Maui County. Her term of office will be for six years.